Improvement in salesmen s seats



S. D. SOLLERS.

' S'ALEMENS SEAT. N 169,331 Patentedhiov.2,1875.

N.FETERS. FHOYGUTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

SABRITT D. SOLLERS, 0Ev PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SALESMENS SEATS Specification forming part of LettersPatent N 0. 169,381, dated November 2, 1875; application filed November2, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SABRITT D. SOLLERS, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented a Combined Seat and Foot-Rest, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to afford convenience and comfort to thesalesman of a boot and shoe store, as well as to the customer, when theformer is engaged in measuring the foot of the latter or in fitting aboot or shoe to the same and this object I obtain by combining in oneportable structure a seat, a, for the salesman and a foot-rest, b,forthe customer, as shown in the pictorial view, Figure 1, and sideview, Fig. 2.

To the base A is secured the seat a, and to the samebase is attached afoot-rest, b, which l prefer to arrange in the inclined position shown,and to provide with a projection, d, for maintaining the customers footin a proper position to be examined and manipulated by the salesman, whooccupies the seat a, instead of resorting to the inconvenient kneelingattitude.

It is not essential that the combined seat and foot-rest should beconstructed in the precise manner illustrated in the drawing; but,whatever style be adopted, it is essential that the seat and rest shouldoccupy the relative positions shown, so that the salesman may beconveniently seated for measuring the customers foot and formanipulating the boot or shoe which is being fitted to the same, and sothat the rest shall be in a proper position for the customer, who isseated on an adjoining chair, and who, if a lady, can convenientlydispose of her dress to her satisfaction.

It is also necessary that the seat andfootrest should be combined in oneportable structure, so that it can be readily carried about and placedin front of any chair on which the customer may be seated.

I do not desire to claim, broadly, a portable structure in which a seatis combined with a foot-rest but I claim as my invention As an articleof manufacture, a salesmans seat, consisting of a base, A, supporting astool, a, and a foot-rest, b, placed opposite to and inclined downwardfrom the spool, all as set forth.

In testimonv whereofI have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two sub- S. D. SOLLERS.

scribing witnesses.

Witnesses HUBERT HowsoN, HARRY SMITH.

